Press Release
MZIMA EXPANDS NETWORK FOOTPRINT IN EQUINIX DATA CENTERS
IP Transit Provider Now Deployed in Five of Equinix's U.S. Internet
Hubs
Foster City, CA and Los Angeles, CA - September 22, 2004 - Equinix,
Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data
centers and Internet exchange services, and Mzima Networks Inc.,
a leading next generation IP transit provider, today announced that
Mzima has significantly expanded its relationship with Equinix and
will begin offering its high performance IP services in Equinix's
Dallas, Chicago and Washington, D.C. area Internet Business Exchange™
(IBX®) centers. The expansion completes Mzima's initial deployment
plans within the U.S., complementing existing operations at Equinix's
Los Angeles and Silicon Valley IBX centers.
Mzima offers high performance IP connectivity, including a fault-tolerant
nationwide backbone network connecting to multiple Tier-1 carriers
and numerous private peers. The company uses customized, proprietary
software in combination with BGP4 routing to make on-the-fly routing
decisions, constantly analyzing the many possible paths for network
traffic. With a variety of possible routes to popular destinations,
Mzima guarantees high performance and availability for mission-critical
Internet applications.
To enhance its exchange of data, or "peering," with the
aggregation of networks operating within Equinix's centers, Mzima
is utilizing Equinix's GigE Exchange™ service in the five
Equinix IBX centers. Peering is the fundamental process by which
all Internet traffic - from email to video - is exchanged between
the backbone networks that comprise the Internet. With Equinix GigE
Exchange, Mzima can conveniently leverage the cost reduction and
performance benefits of direct interconnection to the variety of
networks at Equinix, including the all of the top tier IP backbone
networks, through a central switching fabric managed by Equinix.
The service has become a strategic element in the increasingly important
peering infrastructure of many ISPs and content companies.
"Teaming up with Equinix is a win/win situation, as their
global footprint and aggregation of the largest global networks
enables us to develop our core infrastructure with one company,"
said Michael Dell'Anno, president of sales for Mzima Networks. "Further,
this relationship also allows us to market our product offering
nationally, expanding our potential customer base to the critical
mass of networks and content companies participating in Equinix's
Internet hubs."
"The expanded deployment of Mzima's infrastructure to Equinix's
U.S. centers offers yet another network and managed services provider
option for the community of IBX participants," said Margie
Backaus, chief business officer of Equinix. "Similarly, Equinix
offers Mzima significant new revenue opportunities while providing
it with a national infrastructure for critical for network peering
needs."
About Mzima Networks
Mzima Networks, a profitable, privately held corporation founded
in 1996, is currently providing direct connectivity in the Los Angeles,
San Jose, Chicago, Dallas and Washington DC markets, with planned
expansion to New York, Seattle, Atlanta, Miami and London, England
by Q4 2005. Mzima Networks, a leading high-performance route-optimized
bandwidth provider, delivers Internet bandwidth via its proprietary
distributed metro NAP architecture and wide-area backbone network.
By building metropolitan SONET rings connected to multiple Tier-1
backbone providers, and by having extensive private peering with
numerous broadband ISPs, backbones and content providers, Mzima
Networks offers its customers the fastest, most reliable connectivity
currently available.
About Equinix
Equinix is the leading global provider of network-neutral data
centers and Internet exchange services for enterprises, content
companies, systems integrators and network services providers. Through
the company's 14 Internet Business Exchange™ (IBX®) centers
in five countries, customers can directly interconnect with every
major global network and ISP for their critical peering, transit
and traffic exchange requirements. These interconnection points
facilitate the highest performance and growth of the Internet by
serving as neutral and open marketplaces for Internet infrastructure
services, allowing customers to expand their businesses while reducing
costs.
Press Contacts
Equinix Contact:
David Fonkalsrud
K/F Communications, Inc.
(415) 255-6506
dave@kfcomm.com
Mzima Contact:
Michael Dell'Anno
Mzima Networks
(877) 434-3956
Michael.dellanno@mzima.net
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